Action Research to Enhance Speaking among female graduates of Arts @ PSAU

This paper reports our personal reflection on the application of Strategy Training program for female Saudi undergraduate students. Despite Saudi government curriculum guidelines highlighting ingenuity, reflection, and autonomy by students, English as Foreign Language (EFL) teaching in Wadi remained exam-oriented. Learning Language involved routine exercises and the responses determined by the instructors. The present action research is a reflection of our own speaking strategies and that of the students. It discusses the significance of speaking in the classroom and how it’s being neglected in the college under the study. An overview of the literature on the action research via strategy training is
elaborated. The design of the action research is explained elaborately in the five step action research process. It further, describes the strategy training conducted among the girls and its impact. Finally, the comparative analysis and findings are discussed with a few recommendations.